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The role of subvocalization in auditory imagery.

Smith, J. David, Wilson, Margaret, Reisberg, Daniel·1995·Neuropsychologia
DOI 10.1016/0028-3932(95)00074-d
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Five experiments explored the utility of subvocal rehearsal, and of an inner-ear/inner-voice partnership, in tasks of auditory imagery. In three tasks (reinterpreting ambiguous auditory images, parsing meaningful letter strings, scanning familiar melodies) subjects relied on a partnership between the inner ear and inner voice, one similar to the phonological loop system described in the short-term memory literature. Apparently subjects subvocally rehearsed the imagery material, which placed the material in a phonological store that allowed the imagery judgement. In a fourth task (distinguishing voiced and unvoiced consonants in imagery), subjects still subvocally rehearsed, but seemed to need no additional phonological store to respond correctly. In this case they may have consulted articulatory or kinesthetic cues instead. In a fifth experiment (making homophone judgements), subjects hardly even needed to subvocally rehearse, a result suggesting that homophone judgements rely on some direct route from print to phonology. We consider the breadth of the partnership between the inner ear and inner voice, the level that subvocal rehearsal occupies in the cognitive system, and the functional neuroanatomy of the phonological loop system.

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Authors
Smith, J. D., Wilson, M., & Reisberg, D.
Affiliations
  • State University of New York (US)
  • Salk Institute for Biological Studies (US)
  • Reed College (US)
Corresponding author
Smith, J. David
ORCID
Venue
Neuropsychologia
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1995-11
Volume
33
Issue
11
Pages
1433-1454
ISSN
0028-3932 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/0028-3932(95)00074-d
OpenAlex
W2054377252
Cited by
163
References
85
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FWCI
0.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Neuropsychologia (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Reading and Literacy Development
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
Keywords
subvocalization, auditory imagery, inner ear, inner speech, phonological loop, phonological store, short-term memory, kinesthetic cues
MeSH terms
Acoustic Stimulation, Cognition, Hearing, Humans, Imagination, Ear, Inner, Language, Memory, Short-Term, Mental Processes, Music, Speech

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